Exhibitors Herald (1927)

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22 EXHIBITORSHERALD Dempsey-Sharkey Films Show Haymaker Was Fair Blow Yet Silly Law Bars Interstate Shipment of Fight Pictures — Columbia Signs Olga Printzlau, Writer By JOHN S. SPARGO New YORK, July 26. — Motion pictures of the Dempsey-Sharkey fight solve a controversy which has been raging as to whether Dempsey fouled Sharkey or whether he did not. That is, they solve the controversy for any unbiased fight fan, but they don’t for a lot of experts who picked Sharkey to win, or else had a couple of dollars bet that he would. '^HE fight pictures show clearly (to the unbiased) that there was no foul. The sixth and that little of the seventh round during which Sharkey was still on his pins, are shown in slow motion. Every blow is clear and distinct and at no time is there anything seen that any fairminded person could construe as a low blow. Talk of Foul is Lot of Bunk In spite of this a lot of the dyed-inthe-wool Sharkey fans assert after seeing the pictures that they do not settle the matter. They point out that the camera was not set at an angle to show the front portion of Sharkey’s body and therefore the impact of the glove against the Boston man’s anatomy is not seen. So there might have been a low blow. All of which is a lot of bunk. While it is true that the impact of glove and body is not seen in the pictures, in every blow the angle of Dempsey’s forearm is clearly shown, and in order to hit a low blow with the angle shown it would be necessary for him to have a couple more joints than nature gives to one arm. And an examination of Dempsey’s arm shows that he has no more than the normal number of hinges in the wing. The whole controversy is due to “exporting”— something the New York sport writers revel in. As fistic experts most of them are about as good mentally as a fish who has spent his vacation in a hayfield. Some of them are all right and know their business, but they are largely in the minority. And in addition to that most of them are supposed to be on Tex Rickard’s payroll, and that is what caused the most of the trouble over the foul. Being on the payroll they were in duty bound to build up the gate for Rickard — and they sure earned their money. When Sharkey, a third rate fighter, knocked out Maloney, another third rater, the “boys” commenced to boost Sharkey as a world beater. He never was and he never will be. So to build the gate the Rickard boys turned to exporting. They exported Sharkey so much and so strongly that they commenced to believe it themselves. Then when Dempsey — who has gone back about a hundred miles since he was a real championship fighter — toppled Sharkey, he also toppled the experts. In order to save their reputations as experts they had to have an alibi. And the alibi was the foul. But the pictures topple the experts again by showing that there was no low blow struck. Films Barred by Silly Law And incidentally the showing of the fight pictures, which are about the best ever taken of a fistic encounter, is barred to all exhibitors of this country except in New York state, owing to the existence of a silly interstate law which should have been thrown in the discard years ago. The law which prevents the showing was enacted before the Jeffries-Johnson fight, when it was feared that the exhibition of pictures of a championship fight between a Negro and a white man might be the cause of race troubles. Maybe they might, and maybe they mightn’t. At any rate the cause has long since passed away, and it is more than time the law passed out, too. * Sjc Jjs As printed in the Exhibitors Herald in its issue of July 2, the New York daily film papers last Friday, and the other weekly trade papers this week, Bruce Gallup will be the next president of the A. M. P. A., Lon Young vicepresident. Last week the nominating committee of the A. M. P. A. got together and completed the ticket which follows; For president Bruce Gallup For vicepresident Lon Young For secretary James Zabin For treasurer George Harvey These selections of the nominating committee were announced by Lon Young, the permanent chairman, at the A. M. P. A. luncheon last Thursday, at the Hofbrau Haus. The other members of the nominating committee are J. Beatty, Fred Baer, A1 Selig, C. W. Barrell, George Harvey, Victor Shapiro and Jacques Kopstein. Other nominations announced at the luncheon were as follows; Board of Directors — C. W. Barrell, A1 Selig, Fred Baer, Walter Eberhardt and Tom Wiley. Auditing committee — H. C. Bate, Victor Shapiro and Oswald Brooks. Nomination for one trustee — Jerome Beatty. The election will be held on the second Thursday in September. He * William B. Brenner, of the National Screen Service, returned from London last week on the Berengaria, after more than a year abroad. Mr. Brenner spent most of the time in London, where he established offices and inaugurated the National Screen Service system of action scene trailers in the British Isles. Mr. Brenner returns to an executive position with his company in the New York offices. Columbia Signs Olga Printzlau Harry Cohn, vice-president in charge of production for Columbia Pictures, and now in New York, announced last week Universal Office and Exchange Hold Outing (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, July 26. — The home office of Universal Picture Corporation and its New York exchange, several hundred strong, were the guests of Carl Laemmle last Wednesday on the annual river outing. The party consisted of an all-day boat ride up the Hudson with a stop-over at Indian Point for games and contests. July 30, 1927 that he -^ad added another important name to i|;is writing staff by signing Olga Printzlau' on a contract to write for the company. Miss Printzlau, who has been identified with the motion picture industry since its inception, is recognized as one of the important screen writers in the business. During her career she was connected with most of the pioneer companies, such as Edison, Majestic, American, Blue Bird, Ince and others. In later years she wrote both originals and adaptations for such companies as Famous Players, Warner, Universal and First National. Miss Printzlau has to her credit several hundred screen stories, her latest being her adaptation of “Camille.” ^ ^ :jc A nationwide exploitation tieup has been formed by Warner Brothers on their picture, ‘"rhe Black Diamond Express,” starring Monte Blue. Through an arrangement with the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, which operates the Black Diamond Express as one of their crack trains, special window cards will be displayed in all Lehigh Valley R. R. stations. These window cards have space at the bottom for tiie local exhibitors to imprint their theatre name and play date. This advertising costs the theatre ovmer nothing and should be very effective, as all railroad passengers are of the class that can afford to be steady theatregoers. ^ ^ ^ David Selman, who directed several Columbia productions last year, paid a hurried visit to the East last week, and conferred with Joe Brandt, president of Columbia Pictures, for several days. It is believed that Harry Cohn, production chief at Columbia’s West Coast Studios, will assign one or more of the “Perfect Thirty” to Mr. Selman for direction. No definite announcement to this effect has been made, however. Mr. Selman left for Hollywood after only four days in New York. Mr. Selman has associated with Harry Millard in the production of “Over the Hill” and “If Winter Comes.” Before entering motion pictures he was identified with the legitimate theatre. * H= * All officers of the Stanley Company of America were re-elected at a meeting of directors in Philadelphia today. They are; John J. McGuirk, president; Abe Sablosky, and A. R. Boyd, vice-presidents; Irving B. Rossheim, treasurer, and Morris Wolf, secretary. Clara Bow, Star for Paramount, Signs New Long-Term Contract (Special to the Herald) NEW YORK, July 26. — Clara Bow who in the short time of two years has become one of Paramount’s greatest stars, last week signed a new 1 o n g-term contract with Paramount. Born and educated in Brooklyn, Miss Bow won a magazine beauty contest while in high school, which entitled her to the opportunity of appearing in motion pictures. She was given small bits and, later, on the cUra Bow strength of her , work, awarded the leading role in “Gnt. She is now making “Hula.”